Dramatic Collection

Heroic fireman rescuing girl from fire
Heroic fireman rescuing a girl from a fire. Date: 19th century

Dramatic Rail Accident at Gare Montparnasse, France
At the Montparnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street (Rue de Rennes)

Art Deco lady with lipstick
Striking illustration showing a lady wearing a dramatic black hat with veil, together with red beads and a flamboyant turned up collar, about to apply vivid red lipstick

Construction of the Statue of Liberty, Paris
Construction of the Statue of Liberty in Paris, before shipping to New York. 1885

At the Front - World War One recruitment poster
Recruitment poster during World War I featuring a dramatic picture of horses pulling guns rearing up in fright at a shell explosion just a few feet away

Lochness Monster
A dramatic picture of the supposed giant water creature that lives in Loch Ness, Scotland and its small offspring, followed by divers holding underwater cameras

Front Façade of the Dorchester Hotel, 1953

Early view of Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa with Table Mountain in the (shrouded in cloud) in the background. Date: circa 1920s

The Huntsman, painting by W Smithson Broadhead
Colour photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 24th October 1925 of The Huntsman painting by W Smithson Broadhead. Date: 24th October 1925

Foot guards at Battle of Waterloo
Up, Guards, and at them!.Colour oleolithograph after Richard Caton Woodville.Published as a Supplement to Holly Leaves the Christmas Number of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News

Photo of The Dolly Sisters
Black and white photograph of popular revue stars the Dolly Sisters in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 19th December 1925

Ichthyosaurr, Plesiosaurus, Pterodactylus
Duria Antiquior - A more ancient Dorset by Sir Henry Thomas De la Beche. This collection of marine and avian reptiles could be found in Europe during the early Jurassic period about 200 million years

A fantasy illustration of marine reptiles
The Sea-Dragons as they lived. Frontispiece by John Martin from The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons by Thomas Hawkins, 1840

Precariously perched Studebaker Six - Yosemite
On June 10, 1916 photographer Arthur Clarence Pillsbury broke the driving time record from Oakland to Yosemite in his new Studebaker Six

Old Woman in the Wood
The tree turns back into the Kings son, to the surprise and pleasure of the girl. (A dramatic instance of magical shape-changing or metamorphosis)

Pass of Llanberis
A striking view of the Pass of Llanberis, Caernarvonshire, which traverses a valley of exceptional wildness, between Snowdon and the Glyder Mountains

Mountains / Cir Mhor
A dramatic impression of the mountains of Cir Mhor and Goatfell (behind), on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Virgils Tomb (1785). Wright, Joseph of Derby 1734-1797. Wright travelled in Italy from 1774-76 and produced many fine drawings of classical subjects and geological curiosities

A Tiger approaches
A fantastic picture of a large male Tiger approaching with menace. Pastel drawing by Raymond Sheppard

the General Locomotive
The General featured in a dramatic Civil War incident; captured 1862 by the Andrews Raiders, it was recaptured after a 90-mile chase. Now at Chattanooga Depot, Tennessee

Boeing B-29 Superfortress prototype from a dramatic aspect taken during early test flying

RAF Poster, Back Them Up! WW2
RAF Poster, Back Them Up!, showing a raid by Hudson planes of the Coastal Command on German shipping at Aalesund, Norway, during the Second World War, in which eleven ships were hit. 1941

Rowena Cade - Minack Theatre
Rowena Cade (1893 - 1983) - inspirational founder and driving force behind the creation and construction of the remarkable clifftop Minack Theatre at Porthcurno near Lands End, Cornwall

Masses Paul Et Virginie
PAUL ET VIRGINIE Its surprising that more composers haven t had a go at this idiotic story with its ludicrously dramatic plot and splendidly unhappy ending

Tightrope Cycling Act
A German husband and wife team perform a dramatic tightrope cycling act

Achill Island, Ireland - Keel Strand
County Mayo, Republic of Ireland - Achill Island - Keel Strand Date: 1920s

Tatler front cover, May 1962
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing typical 1960s makeup. The lipstick is Cardinal by Lancome and the dramatic eyes use spangled Pailettes D Or and turquoise eyeshadow by Perle Dore

Blackheath Fireworks
The fall of Sebastopol is celebrated with dramatic fireworks and a large bonfire on Blackheath

Scotland / Dunbar Castle
Dramatic coastal view of Dunbar Castle during a severe storm

Egretta garzetta, little egret
A watercolour by James Hope Stewart, c. 1825-35. From Sir William Jardines The Naturalists Library

Curving Railway Tracks
A dramatic curve in the railway lines near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. Date: 1960s

The Vampire Dance by Alice Eis and Bert French. 1910

Catalhoyuk (Catal Hoyuk and Catal Huyuk) - a very large Neolithic and Chalcolithic proto-city settlement in southern Anatolia, which existed from approximately 7100 BC to 5700 BC

Photo of Miss Alice Delysia
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 21st November 1925 showing Miss Alice Delysia in On with the Dance at the London Pavilion. Date: 21st November 1925

Silhouettes of a fox hunt in the York and Ainsty country
Black and white silhouette pictures by Captain H L Oakley in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 12th December 1925

Collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy
A photo-montage re-creation of the dramatic collapse of the Campanile in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy on 14th July 1902 Date: 1902

The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, Germany
Comic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract (!) having taken the water at Bad Wildungen - a German therapeutic spa Town with springs that bring forth water containing iron

Cover design, Popular Aviation Magazine combined with Practical Mechanics, showing two criminals in a red car being pursued by two policemen in a biplane

Seance with Rudi Sch
Artists impression of a seance with Austrian medium Rudi Schneider at London, under the supervision of Harry Price : the reality was seldom if ever as dramatic as this !

Firemen Hosing 1940
Firemen using hoses on the inferno at Eastcheap, London EC, at the height of the Blitz

Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and Helvellyn
Castlerigg Stone Circle near Keswick and view towards Helvellyn - Cumbria, England Date: 1908

Fox Hunting party, Newlands, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria
A spectacular real photographic postcard showing a Fox Hunting party at Newlands, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, standing on the edge of a dramatic valley. Date: circa 1920s

Jack Hobbs by Smithson Broadhead
Jack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963), in a painting by W. Smithson Broadhead, specially done for The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News in 1925

Grenada - St, Georges - superb view
An utterly stunning photograph of The Harbour at St. George s, Grenada, West Indies. Date: circa 1910s

Antibes, France - The Old Town and a view of the Alps
circa 1910s

Photo of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse
Black and white photograph in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News of 24th October 1925 of HRH Prince of Wales aboard HMS Repulse on the way home from a South American tour

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, 21st May 1905

The Quinlan Opera Company
Promotional postcard for The Quinlan Opera Company. Billed as The Greatest Touring Company Ever Organized. Touring to the Royal Hippodrome, Liverpool, 2nd October 1911 Figures, left to right

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